Can you explain the situation a little more...what is the exact error you are receiving? and where are you looking at the permissions? You can pull up the "Get info" but what do you highlight exactly and "Get Info" on to see this information. Certain elements on the computer need to be set to READ ONLY...but individual files and folders most of the time do not.

On the desktop, the Seagate drive shows up as "SCSI0_VOL1. When I Ctrl-click that icon and Get info, under "Ownership & Permissions:" it says, "You can only read." Also, when I try to move the folder "Micah" onto the SCSI0_VOL1 icon, an error message displays, saying "The item 'Micah' could not be moved because 'SCSI0_VOL1' cannot be modified."

I found a user's manual for the Seagate drive at Seagate' website, and it told me that you have to format it for use with a Mac or a PC, but not both. As I had previously used it to back up a PC, I just reformatted it, and then the Mac saw it as a writeable drive.

I will tell you that...the things you have to go through to be an Expert are quite rigorous.

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